The popular vote, which is symbolically and politically important but not decisive in the race, remains very close.
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Direct popular vote would encourage parties to focus on increasing voter turnout among their bases.
The 2000 election was an unhappy exception--both the College and the popular vote were virtual ties.
Not since 1888 has the winner of the popular vote failed to secure the college.
Richard Nixon carried 49 states and nearly 61% of the total popular vote in 1972.
Unconfirmed reports suggested that the coalition did not receive a majority of the popular vote.
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In August 1999, George W. Bush led Al Gore, 55%-41%, but lost the popular vote.
The GOP has lost the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections.
In December, Morales' Movement to Socialism party won almost 54 percent of the popular vote.
The National Popular Vote is about getting states to convert from the winner-take-all rule.
So far, 8 states and the District of Columbia have approved National Popular Vote.
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It only got 60% of the popular vote and 81 or 87 legislative seats.
When broken down by percentage, both candidates had about 48 percent of the popular vote.
Barack Obama may have pulled ahead in the popular vote for the U.S. presidency Tuesday evening.
And that he did, winning with over 60 percent of the popular vote in March.
Clinton's campaign says if she leads in the popular vote, she should become the Democratic nominee.
Winning by a narrow margin in the popular vote, Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic President.
Like Al Gore in 2000, though, the popular vote will probably be her only victory.
Those are all the fixings for a close election, measured by percent of the popular vote.
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Note: We use simple rounding to distribute the delegates, based on popular vote percentages.
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It was the first time such a law had been repealed by popular vote.
That suggests nearly a tie in the popular vote on a turnout of about 60%.
In 1960 the popular vote was a virtual tie but Kennedy won the Electoral College 303-219.
She argues that she leads in the popular vote, but her argument is debatable.
For a number of reasons, however, measuring the popular vote is a problematic exercise.
This means that caucus states tend to be under-represented in measures of the popular vote.
Should the votes in these states be counted in a calculation of the popular vote?
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Replacing the Electoral College with a nationwide popular vote would be a huge mistake.
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What about allocating electoral votes proportionate to a candidate's percentage of the popular vote in each state?
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